The Real Way To Use Reference Tracks
We’ve all heard the advice that we should use reference tracks — professionally mixed and mastered songs that you can try to make your own song sound like. And while […]
Category: Mixing
3-Step Guide To Perfect Gain Staging
Let’s talk about one of the most fundamental parts of mixing: gain staging. It’s not the flashiest or most exciting part of music production, but it’s really important. In simple […]
Why mixing is taking too long and giving you disappointing results
In a Ted Talk in 2005, psychologist and author Barry Schwartz talked about “the paradox of choice“. Put simply, the paradox of choice states that the more options you have, […]
A great exercise for improving your recording and mixing skills
When you first start producing music, it can be hard to get your tracks to sound as good as the songs you listen to by your favourite artists. Let’s face […]
One of the easiest ways to get better at mixing
There are all sorts of things you can do to improve your mixing skills. You can read books, watch YouTube tutorials, and take courses. If you’re really serious, you could […]
Audio automation: enhancing your mix with automation
What is audio automation? In music production, automation is the process of making changes in your mix occur automatically over the course of the song. One of the most common […]
How to set levels in a mix (reference tracks, static mix, automation & more)
Setting the levels of the different instruments in your song is a fundamental part of the mixing process. Whilst exactly how you should set your levels is very subjective, there […]
Audio panning: what panning is, how it works, and how to use it in your mix
In this lesson, we’re breaking down the role of panning in a mix. We’ll cover all the key topics like how panning works and how to use it in your […]